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The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai

2026-09-11 · 48 min · 20 entities

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    Link in episode "The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai": https://amazon.com/FUTURE-PROOF-YOUR-BUSINESS-Strategic-Framework-ebook/dp/B0H8MKQTKC
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    Link in episode "The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai": https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBiRxvJWaSA
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    Link in episode "The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai": https://arunansupattanayak.com/
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    Link in episode "The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai": https://kyxstart.ai/
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    Link in episode "The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai": https://kyxstart.ai/

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    Link in episode "The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai": https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBiRxvJWaSA
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    Link in episode "The Trust Layer for AI Agents — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart.Ai": https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBiRxvJWaSA
Episode description as stored
Send us Fan Mail Your AI agent can book a flight, move money, and open accounts on your behalf. But it can't take a selfie or hold a driver's license — so how does anyone know it's really acting for you? Arun sits down with Ravi Bijlani, founder and CEO of KYXStart.Ai, who is building the trust and verification layer for the agentic era. Ravi spent 24 years in identity and payments before betting that the real bottleneck in AI wouldn't be intelligence — it would be trust. In this conversation:  – Why "card-not-present" is becoming "human-not-present"  – KYC for AI agents (KYCA): verifying who — or what — is on the other end of a transaction  – Binding an agent to a device and a verified human, with guardrails ("don't book a flight over $500")  – The coming protocol wars between Google, Stripe, Mastercard, and Visa — and why KYXStart sits above all of them  – How the business actually makes money when the underlying standard is open  – The financial-inclusion endgame: identity with nothing but a phone number and a selfie Chapters  00:00 – Most organizations aren't behind on AI — they're behind on the thinking  00:41 – Meet Ravi Bijlani and KYXStart.Ai  02:50 – The gap Ravi saw: 24 years in identity and payments  05:10 – Why agents need a trust layer  06:27 – The scale: 180+ countries, billions of identities  07:50 – How this differs from managed identity and RBAC  09:30 – Static identity → signal-based identity; "human-not-present"  11:20 – Guardrails and the $500 flight: KYC for agents  13:50 – Accountability and the agent registry  15:00 – Is there a global standard? The protocol wars  18:00 – Where KYXStart plays: the trust layer on top  21:00 – Monetizing an open standard  26:40 – Diversifying: agent onboarding for banks today  30:00 – Turning it into a platform: AML and risk scoring  33:25 – Team structure: 21 people, founder's mentality  38:20 – The R&D vision: a golden record and financial inclusion  42:00 – Partnerships, the ecosystem, and the tipping point  46:20 – Close Subscribe to What Comes Next with Arun and leave a 5-star review — it genuinely helps new listeners find the show. 🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-comes-next-with-arun/id6788060249 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033KRXb9RHJJIDSoE2KjYF ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBiRxvJWaSA 🌐 Website: https://www.arunansupattanayak.com/ 📘 Future-Proof Your Business: https://www.amazon.com/FUTURE-PROOF-YOUR-BUSINESS-Strategic-Framework-ebook/dp/B0H8MKQTKC Connect with Ravi Bijlani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravibijlani/   Company site: https://www.kyxstart.ai/ Support the show  Arun's book, Future Proof Your Business: https://www.amazon.com/FUTURE-PROOF-YOUR-BUSINESS-Strategic-Framework-ebook/dp/B0H8MKQTKC